Amendments to the CDG manual - August 2006

Amendments have been made to the CDG manual in the light of the experience of enforcement officers in the 2 ½ years since the Carriage Regulations came into force.

The main changes are

Operational strategy and enforcement

The enforcement guidance in annex 3.1 has been amended  particularly to clarify expected actions in the case of missing items of equipment.  There are some amendments to annex 3.2 in the same context.  The information about the UMP form in annex 3.4 has also been updated

ADR and the Carriage Regulations

Some changes have been made to the guidance in connection with the exemptions allowed to the need to appoint a DGSA

Consignment procedures

Changes have been made to the descriptions of how vehicles should be placarded and plated.  Some illustrations of common situations have been added.

Crew and vehicle requirements

The guidance in connection with the documents to be carried has been tidied up.

Main exemptions

More has been added in connection with clinical waste under  “Small load exemptions”

Amendments have been made to the guidance under “Regulation 7(4) Retail distribution”.  There is some discussion about DfT Guidance Note 7 and the use of “tote boxes”

Common problems

This is where most changes are to be found, as follows

• More has been added about asbestos particularly in relation to the SP 168 exemption. There is some clarification of the status of skips as containers.
• The bowser guidance has been extended as this is a topic that still seems to be commonly misunderstood.  The use of bowsers for petrol is now discussed separately.
• The guidance about clinical waste has been extensively revised and includes some illustrations.
• There is an additional item about foodstuffs and dangerous goods on the same vehicle.
• Minor amendment to the guidance on medicines and pharmaceutical products
• Substantial changes have been made to the guidance on “switch loading”.  Advice was taken from the Energy Institute and others in this revision and it takes into account changes in practice which relate to vapour emissions
• There is an addition to the guidance on “White lining and other road construction vehicles”